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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone know anything about PrepDig recruiting website?  Our coach a few weeks ago pointed out their "scout" watching our match.  Looks like they rank 125 players in Virginia in each high school class  There is no way they can feasibly rank 125 players in order with a straight face.  Maybe 5.  Read some articles and think this is not something college coaches would use.[/quote]

Nobody takes it seriously. The scouts watch a lot of their own players (HS and club coach) and coincidentally a lot of their HS and Club players are on the list. I watch a lot of vball and the rankings are bizarre in some places, and the anomalies are always kids from the same clubs and HS teams….go figure what’s going on.[/quote]

We view it more as a feel good kudos and just nice to be mentioned in their news articles when they call out some players and skills. We were beyond tickled when our player got mentioned for nothing other than 'xyz also is the other xx position on the team' as a follow up to a kudos to the other player on her team in the same position. For her, it was just the bees knees to be mentioned and nice little confidence boost. :P You do notice a trend after reading articles that language often gets recycled for the same positions on some players. Many call outs of some players likely to encourage families to pay for the subscription but we/they still do. I think there was a caveat somewhere (or a portion in an article somewhere) with the writer directly saying what tournament divisions he will watch or will go and catch some match if a parent direct contacts him to come watch.

The rankings are near laughable as you start going further down the list considering the large volume of players in the area. No idea if there are lobbies of emails to submit to get 'ranked.' Most of the Virginia articles are from the (Vienna Elite/Bishop O'Connell) coach, so some are likely based on who he has seen or knows from coaching them or being in same club/school while others are write ins, maybe.

There was a similar question on FB Volleyball Moms forums a while ago. Parents from other regions said it varied depending whether they even had PrepDig 'writers' in the area. We are lucky to have one/some to just get the warm fuzzies vs other regions have no one to comment one way or the other. We wouldn't rely on this for recruiting.[/quote]

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